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Opinion: California’s Low-Information Election

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... I ... I ... the ... looking Chow why Mary Kissel ... how forty instead of the polls on Tuesday to vote in primaries for among other things ... their next governor ... about Hoover Institution Research Fellow Bill Whalen joining me now ... from the left those talk about how these races are playing out said Hill ... I've got a slide here for movers latest polling shows that Governor Jerry Brown was that they believe ... but also to not only a tea party candidate on the right a ... meeting of are Neel Kashkari what's ... so wrong for the GOP ... well ... I think of tennis and Marriott to sustain incredibly low information Lemtrada primary turnout on Tuesday as expected the summer the neighborhood of twenty five percent ... and the two Republican candidates and one and only annual crushed curry a businessman you ... of your listenership might remember from the top this is a Treasury ... official of the Bush forty three administration ... this combined about five million dollars this primary has ... money to you and me ... but unhelpful in all sincerity that question is that the five dollars blackjack table ... and why was it say so much money to make an impact in California to live differ from other states ... or as the ... TV married ... California voters eternally to delay elections ... and extending its information from TV ... so if you wanna make an impact as voters they don't have the name recognition like a normal SportsCenter injury Brown ... you have to advertise an effort was like a demon ... as about two million dollars a week to runners who has been happening California ... sought and five dollars those intentions are in for ... a minute to thousands in Airdrie a Republican from the same equipment ... as he puts there is the one hundred and ninety million dollars to buy one overnight ... while an almost sounds like that sia lol I wanna focusing on the Republicans though because ... soon Donnelly is that raise some concerns ... with establishment Republicans that nobody who was a big name in Washington really wanted to get behind tend to be associated with them ... its only victory in the primary impact the party not just in California the national and ... a Samaritan as Republicans across initial have decided to weigh in is Tennessee or not ... you might see some tea for years around the country growing up I don't ... think from Republicans say I've thrown in Jeb Bush ... was speaking of reach ... inclusive and as ... an immigration reform Trust guest on the news was advances being a ... demand for petroleum ... um you'll have to disagree with them ... and who didn't live scores were far and start stores in the long run to the public acts ... of GoPro only candidacy ... as he will be looking for thirty to thirty three percent oppose it gets in November ... and I will be an incredible drag on into the new races down the ticket ... was for the actions California ... will soon trade routes to get his ticket for another four years ... Republicans be lucky if they can win a single statewide race ... so the action areas in legislative races congressional races ... in your candidate to stop and think it's totally thirty percent ... people don't think it it stops ... I don't wanna put the Democrats though like any races that are falling now rather than ... government or ... I am I looking in particular Mary at the California State Senate twenty sixth District which is up ... at a stretch of land from Santa Monica to Redondo Beach people think of a mythical calls from Los Angeles ... it is the most credit legislative field and in all the runners across state ... and one Democrat stands out in data center a flock ... of aluminum from the twenty twelve ... Republican bull run with the Democrats use ... she is running a very open field and she's not running as anyone on the ballot is running against Rush Limbaugh of course made her famous by ... Arena tomorrow ... to Irving it's looks ... awesome says units it's up to one up ... on Tuesday about ... the very I think she is ideally suited for Sacramento ... this is somebody who went to Cornell ... and a double majored in policy analysis and evidence gender and Citroen's studies ... I can think of no benefit from or for legislation that was the thing about economics parenting about sitter for fraud ... ok ... it's under lock ... and SAC from and I like the sound of that though ... Hoover Institution Research Fellow